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2010 President’s Report

contents:

2 Your University: the Measure of Forty

5 Inspiring Innovation

9 Cultivating Leadership

13 Exemplifying Excellence

17 Championing Sports

21 Building Opportunities

25 Conquering Heights

26 Annual Giving 2009-2010

28 Heritage Society 1979-2010

29 Partnerships

Laredo Hospitals Support TAMIU

Laredo hospitals have provided solid support to TAMIU’s Dr. F. M. Canseco School of Nursing since it opened its doors in 1994. Nursing students perform their clinical rotations at Laredo Medical Center, Doctor’s Hospital, Laredo Specialty Hospital, and other locations. For the past four years, the three hospitals have provided combined gifts totaling $345,000 for full faculty support. This in turn helps TAMIU admit more students to the nursing program.

A Theatre Scene at TAMIU

A partnership between TAMIU and the Laredo Theater Guild International provides University students an opportunity to perform in a theatre production while the community experiences musicals and dramas such as “Man of La Mancha,” “The Sound of Music,” “The Taming of the Shrew” and “The Best Man” at the University’s Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Theatre. Founded by Joe Arciniega, Sammy Johnson, Hortense Offerle and TAMIU President Dr. Ray Keck, the LTGI has helped TAMIU become an arts and cultural destination for Laredo.

Pictured from left to right are Joe Arciniega as Don Quijote and Raúl Staggs as his squire Sancho Panza.

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Partnerships

Engineering ConnectionA partnership between Texas A&M International University and the Texas A&M University Dwight Look College of Engineering

allows students who major in engineering to take the first two years of required courses at TAMIU and transfer to Texas A&M in their junior year. Students attend a one-week summer camp in College Station between their freshman and sophomore year. Instrumental in setting up this connection was Henry “Bartell” Zachry, a 1954 graduate of Texas A&M in civil engineering and chairman of Zachry Construction Corp. He also donated $50,000 for the summer camps and challenged others to match it. The first to do so were philanthropists Carroll Summers, Gary Leyendecker, and Blackstone Dilworth. Providing tuition and fee scholarships to 10 students each year is the A. R. and Maria J. Sanchez Family Foundation.

World-Class Concerts on Campus

The innovative collaboration linking TAMIU with the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra and Laredo Community College allows the University community and visitors alike to enjoy world-class concerts at the University’s Center for the Fine and Performing Arts. Season after season, the LPO reaches new heights of success and audience following under the direction of Brendan Townsend, TAMIU associate professor of music, and a 2007 ASCAP Award winner for Innovative Programming.

Message from the President

Your university: the Measure of Forty

For poets and philosophers, historians and intellectuals, momentous experiences come in units of forty. A quick survey of Famous 40s suggests which experiences demand the storied number. Testing one’s strength and cleansing the soul can take forty days-Jesus’ time in the

wilderness before beginning public life-or forty years-the Hebrews’ time in the desert before entering the Promised Land. “Los cuarenta días” teach patience to married couples following the birth of a child. To ensure adequate preparation, both Advent and Lent contain forty days.

The number may also imply lots of time passing: forty days and forty nights of rain to float Noah’s arc and eliminate everything else. And forty (or successive groups of forty) can signal moments of fulfillment, of maturity, of readiness for a new awakening: Muhammed was forty when he received the first revelations from the angel Gabriel. Moses was forty when he fled Egypt to live in the land of Midian, eighty when he saw and heard the burning bush, one hundred twenty when he died on Mt. Nebo in sight of the promised land.

Texas A&M International University (then Texas A&I University-Laredo) opened its doors in September, 1970, the first upper-level institution in the State. How did these first forty get going? Evolve? Where are we now? When in 1973 he put our story together for the accreditors, former president Dr. Billy F. Cowart imagined change as our primary goal, our license to continue into the future, writing:

We... intend the tale to go on as long as we can help to produce useful change in the thinking, the knowledge, the behavior, and the feelings of the students in South Texas.

When in February, 1994 she came to break ground for our first building, Governor Ann Richards envisioned an institution preparing our young people “for any challenge and any change that comes their way.” At that time, Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock reminded us of how far we have come and how bright the future, saying: “No longer are the young people of South Texas shackled with an outdated and outmoded system of higher education.”


Platinum Society($1,000,000 + )

BBVA CompassBelia R. Benavides and FamilyCanseco FoundationE. H. Corrigan FoundationMatias de Llano Charitable TrustD. D. Hachar Charitable Trust FundSue and Radcliffe* Killam and FamilyFamily of Oscar M. LaurelGeorgia A.* and Anthony J. PellegrinoMr. and Mrs. Renato RamírezFernando A. Salinas Charitable TrustMr. and Mrs. Harry E. Sames, IIIMr. and Mrs. A. R. Sanchez, Jr. and FamilyDolly Richter Watson FoundationLamar Bruni Vergara Trust

Gold Society($500,000 + )

H-E-BGuadalupe and Lilia Martínez FoundationSBC FoundationEvelyn and Carroll E. Summers, Jr.Sisters of Mercy and Mercy Health Center

Silver Society($250,000 + )

City of LaredoInternational Bank of CommerceLaredo Rotary ClubPerson, Whitworth, Borchers and Morales LLPSouth Texas Academic Rising ScholarsTAMIU Faculty and StaffTime Warner CablePriya and Shashi Vaswani

Bronze Society($100,000 + )

AEP - American Electric PowerCommerce BankConoco Phillips, Inc.Doctors Hospital of LaredoHelene Fuld Health TrustElizabeth GillGreater Texas FoundationAdela* and Manuel GuerraMr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Hastings, Jr.Nancy Smith Hurd Charitable Trust

J. A. Kawas Charitable TrustW. * and Edmund L. King *Laredo Daybreak Rotary ClubLaredo Medical CenterLogistics and Manufacturers Association, Port LaredoMall Del NortePeggy and B. P.* Newman and FamilyMr. and Mrs. Brian E. O’BrienHortense OfferleMartha C. Pradeau Charitable

Remainder TrustEd Rachal FoundationSandia National LabsUnion Pacific FoundationRobert A. Welch FoundationWells Fargo Bank, N.A.Women’s City Club

Pewter Society($50,000 + )

AnonymousArguindegui Oil CompanyAT&T FoundationThe Honorable C. Y. Benavides, Jr.Norma Zúñiga BenavidesJosephine Brand*Chemtura CompanyMary Kathryn and Rosendo Carranco and FamilyCoca-Cola FoundationMr. and Mrs. Isaac EpsteinExcelencia in EducationFord Motor CompanyMr. and Mrs. Albert E. FriedmanEmilia Rodríguez GarcíaMr. and Mrs. Eduardo A. Garza-RoblesJorge B. Haynes, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Larry HaynesMinnie Dora B. ‘77 and Juvenal J. Haynes ‘77Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. HaynesLasker O’Keefe HerefordNorma HuntDr. and Mrs. Ray M. Keck, IIILakeside Subdivision, LLCLaredo Development FoundationLeyendecker Construction, Inc.William Neel MayoMejia Engineering CompanyJanet M. PayneMr. and Mrs. George J. PersonCynthia H. ‘79 and Francisco J. RamírezEtta T. Russell *

Servicios Industriales Penoles S. A. de C. V.South Texas Higher Education FoundationTAMIU Alumni AssociationTGJavier A. Zapata, M.D.*The Family of Mr. and Mrs. Renato Zapata, Sr.*

Copper Society($25,000 + )

Dr. and Mrs. Esteban Alejo American Petroleum Institute Border

ChapterJan Felts and The Honorable Bob BullockCONAHECDr. Henry CuellarEducational Foundation of AmericaFalcon International BankEstate of Rudolph HafernikGuadalupe C. HaynesInternational Good Neighbor Council-

Laredo ChapterJohn G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial FoundationKhaledi FamilyLaredo Chamber of CommerceLaredo Licensed U.S. Customs Brokers Association, Inc.Laredo Morning TimesLaredo Specialty HospitalRoslyn and Max * MandelSuzy MayoMeadows FoundationMercy Health PlansMr. and Mrs. Rudolph M. MilesPan American Express, Inc.Family of Lupita Ramírez and Villa de San

Agustín de Laredo Genealogical SocietyMinnie Ramírez and FamilyState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanySummerlee FoundationThe Honorable * and Mrs.* Aldo TatangeloTexas Guaranteed Student Loan CorporationVOS-MITAJosephine P. * and Fernando Zuñiga, Jr.* and Family

Legacy SocietyLeah Field Longoria

*Denotes Deceased

Heritage Society Cumulative Giving 1979-2010Dr. Cowart, Governor Ann Richards, and Lieutenant

Governor Bob Bullock were not offering cheerful meliorisms without strategies for battle. Each inaugurated succeeding eras of herculean effort. The most recent fruit of those continuing labors came on September 9, 2010, as Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst joined Senator Judith Zaffirini to cut the ribbon for our newest building, the University Success Center.

The Senator recounted how during his seven years as Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Dewhurst has consistently championed growth and expansion for the University in Laredo. And Mr. Dewhurst repeated the poetic vision he articulated at the time he was named Mr. South Texas: “I want to see the landscape of South Texas painted with the dreams of its children.” In securing funding for the University Success Center, our Senator and our Lieutenant Governor place a color-rich palette and brushes in the hands of young South Texans.

Our story begins as one of vast imaginings: challenge, change, new life. For many of these first forty

years, lawmakers and citizens have lifted us forward, confident in the promise that expanded education brings expanded life. Today, as we look around the campus, as we read in U.S. News and World Report how highly fellow teachers and counselors value this University, we realize that we are now fully formed. We will grow much, much more. Programs such as engineering will expand our offerings; badly needed new buildings will continue to rise. But a walk on these grounds leads visitors through a campus stunningly beautiful, intelligently planned, wisely cared for, in the first bloom of youthful maturity.

Forty years have passed. The bush burns brightly, the angel beckons. Like Moses and Muhammed at forty, our University has now come of age, equipped to fulfill the aspirations of those who first laid it out and saw it through the first decades of robust growth. When asked what the future holds for Laredo’s university, Senator Zaffirini speaks for all of us when she says: “We have just begun!”


Mr. and Mrs. Ivan JaimeJoe BrandJohnny Carino’sMr. and Mrs. Federico Juárez, III ‘92, ‘08Dr. and Mrs. José R. JuárezKrinsnaveni and Dhinakar

Karuppuchamy ‘05Mr. and Mrs. John KeckDr. and Mrs. John C. Kilburn, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Alan KlestadtKowalsky Rose & Company PCLa Hacienda Tortilla FactoryJustin B. LafitteMr. and Mrs. O. D. LancasterJosé Luis Lara ‘88Laredo Federal Credit UnionDaniel A. LatheyDr. Christopher N. LawrenceMary Lamar ‘75 and Gary Leyendecker Juanita R. ‘77 and Dr. Juan R. Lira ‘75Clara Lockridge ‘72, ‘75Graciela López ‘74, ‘82Mr. and Mr. Danel LópezLowes Home Improvement WarehouseJuanita and José R. Lozano ‘95Lucy Meriwether Chapter NSDRM & M Air Cargo and Delivery ServiceMr. and Mrs. Gilberto ManchaCarlos MataAlejandro A. Martínez, Jr. ‘89Janie and David Martínez ‘04Eduardo J. Martínez ‘95, ‘01Elizabeth N. ‘80, ‘01 and Mario MartínezGuadalupe Martínez ‘08Verónica G. Martínez ‘96, ‘98Rebekah HughesWendy S. McManusMedisense CareGina Yu-Fen T. ‘87 and Mario A. Mejía ‘92Jessie M. MenaColleen and John C. Miller ‘77Mr. and Mrs. Enrique MirandaLinda M. ‘77,’82 and Dr. Thomas R. MitchellGerardo M. Molina ‘05Mr. and Mrs. Sam MotskoAna L. ‘82 and David T. NewmanMr. and Mrs. Larry A. NortonSalvador Ochoa, III ‘88Patrick OegerleSaul OlivanGeorge W. OliverRicardo R. Ortegón ‘92, ‘96Jessica Palacios ‘03Sandra E. and Mario A. Peña ‘00Brenda G. Pérez ‘09Dr. Bernice Y. and Gerardo A. Pérez ‘08Janette L. Pérez ‘04Peter Pan StudioPfluger Associates LPJuan Plascencia ‘07Quizno’s

Dr. and Mrs. Alfredo Ramírez, Jr. ‘93, ‘98Elma G. and Mauro M. Ramírez, Jr. ‘81Dr. Minita R. Ramírez ‘83Laura C. ReaEpitacio R. ResendezMr. and Mrs. Óscar E. ReynaDr. Frances G. Rhodes ‘78, ‘79Elva RíosMiguel RosasCynthia M. Saenz ‘91Janet K. and Juan A. Salinas ‘72Tania Sánchez ‘07Rosie SantillánMr. and Mrs. Stephen J. SaywardMr. and Mrs. Charles SchellDr. and Mrs. Robert S. SearsVirginia and William H. Selzer, Jr. ‘88Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. SepúlvedaBill SettleSheraton Gunter HotelDr. and Mrs. Yuk-Chow SoJuanita M. Soliz ‘99Alina Solodkin ‘02, ‘05South-Wen IncSports RaspasStern, Kory, Sreden and Morgan

Accountancy CorporationWilliam C. Stokes ‘04Studio 55Sultanas of the Zahara Caravan # 64Tab’ooh Lingerie FashionsTodd TaylorDr. and Mrs. Jerry D. ThompsonKimberly and Tano E. Tijerina ‘02Ernestina G. ‘77 and Pedro TreviñoUnicarDr. Patricia E. Uribe ‘91Ms. Alicia C. ValdezValero Alamo BowlDr. Miroslava B. ‘75, ‘80 and Juan Vargas ‘75, ‘80Petra and Antonio Z. VelaMr. and Mrs. David E. VerMilyeaWashington’s Birthday Celebration AssociationDr. Carol F. and Ronald J. WatersVirginia D. Watkins and Dr. Michael M. GraysonMr. and Mrs. Rodney M. WebbWings to Go

Annual Giving 2009-2010The Texas A&M University System

Board of Regents

Morris E. FosterChairman

James P. WilsonVice Chairman

Phil Adams • Richard A. Box, DDS

Lupe Fraga • Bill Jones

Jim Schwertner • Gene Stallings

Ida Clement Steen

Cresencio Davila Student Regent

On the agenda:

· Expand on-campus housing

· Enhance the Athletics Complex

· Build a tennis complex and multi-purpose pool

· Enlarge the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library

· Erect a building with large classrooms

· Add research facilities for the sciences

· Develop a radio and TV communications studio

· Cultivate partnerships with government and non-governmental organizations

· Establish the Institute for Border Security

· Add new programs:

EngineeringCommunication DisordersSports Management and KinesiologyExpand the Arts Curriculum to include a BFA and MFA

What’s Next for taMiu?

During the past 40 years, Texas A&M

International University has turned dreams into reality at an unequaled speed. Over 16,000 graduates from all over the world have made their higher education investment here at TAMIU and our momentum only continues to gain strength.

The University will continue its mission of excellence in South Texas.


Annual Giving 2009-2010

President’s Circle($10,000 + )

Dr. and Mrs. Esteban AlejoBBVA Compass Canseco FoundationConoco Phillips, Inc.E. H. CorriganDoctors Hospital of LaredoExcelencia in EducationInternational Bank of CommerceH-E-BD. D. Hachar Charitable Trust FundJorge B. Haynes, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Larry HaynesMinnie Dora B. ‘77 and Juvenal J. Haynes ‘77Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. HaynesJohn G. and Marie Stella Kenedy

Memorial FoundationKillam Family Foundation TrustLaredo Medical Center Gift ShopLaredo Rotary ClubLaredo Medical CenterLaredo Specialty HospitalGuadalupe and Lilia Martínez FoundationMatías de Llano Charitable TrustPeggy NewmanEd Rachal FoundationCynthia H. ‘79 and Francisco J. RamírezMr. and Mrs. Renato RamírezMr. and Mrs. Harry Sames, IIIMr. and Mrs. A. R. Sanchez, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Erik Robert Sloman-MollSouth Texas Academic Rising ScholarsMr. and Mrs. Carroll E. SummersTeachers College Columbia UniversityUnion Pacific FoundationUniversity of Texas at San AntonioLamar Bruni Vergara TrustDolly Richter Watson FoundationWebb Consolidated Independent

School DistrictRobert A. Welch FoundationWomen’s City Club

Dean’s Circle($5,000 + )

American Campus CommunitiesAnonymousSonia ‘87 and Guillermo Benavides Z., Jr.Commerce BankFarouk Systems IncBill GreenDr. Carlene M. HendersonDr. and Mrs. Ray M. KeckKinder Morgan FoundationLaredo Asian AssociationLMJ Imaging ServicesLogistics and Manufacturers

Association, Port LaredoWells Fargo Bank N.A.

Scholar’s Circle($1,000 + )

About Time, Inc.Dr. and Mrs. Pablo ArenazArturo N. Benavides, Sr.Drs. Whitney R. and Timothy A. BischoffCelita BorchersMr. and Mrs. Tad BrittinghamNatalie C. BurkhalterMr. and Mrs. Vidal Cantú, Jr.Juan J. Castillo, Jr.Cici’s PizzaElysian Social ClubEmerson Electric Co.The Honorable Elma Salinas and

Mr. David EnderGreater Texas FoundationMr. and Mrs. Manuel GuerraEstate of Rudolph HafernikCandy and Conrado M. Hein, Jr. ‘78Teresa T. ‘07 and Leonel HernándezHigher One, Inc.Holiday Inn ExpressNancy G. ‘86 and George P. HughesHumanitiesTexasLa Quinta Inn and Suites AirportLaredo BucksLaredo District Dental SocietyLaredo Licensed U.S. Customs

Brokers Association,, Inc.Leyendecker Construction Trevor C. LiddleLord’s Energy LTDLos Ranchos Hunting and OutdoorsMr. and Mrs. Mike Mainhart, Sr.Mercy Ministries of LaredoIsrael Morales ‘00Ada M. ‘93, ‘03 and Marcus Moreno ‘92, ‘98Lupita MosquedaNovo Nordisk, Inc.Drs. Evelia N. and Sigifredo Pérez, IIIPopeyes Chicken & BiscuitsPro Bike Bicycle ShopRed Roof InnRehab Over TexasMr. and Mrs. Richard E. SamesSam’s ClubSan Antonio CPA CE FoundationMr. and Mrs. Dino SmithStaybridge SuitesTexans for Henry Cuellar

Congressional CampaignTexas Association of Physical Plant

AdministratorsTexas ComptrollerChristine A. ‘80 and Dr. Alfredo TreviñoMaría T. ‘72 and Ernest Treviño, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Mateo TreviñoTuxedo ChaptersUniversity of Texas - AustinVaswani Soccer Ventures LLC

Wal-Mart FoundationWebb County Archeological SocietyMr. and Mrs. Abe S. WilsonDr. Maya Guerra and Fernando Zúñiga, III

University Partner’s Circle ($500 + )

Daniel D. ArreolaEdward BlumbergVerónica T. ‘01 and Dr. Jeffrey M. BrownGuadalupe ‘99, ‘06 and Dr. Randel D. BrownGraciela Buentello ‘08Dr. and Mrs. Leonides Cigarroa, Jr.Norman Z. CórdovaBruce CroweAngie de la GarzaNicole J. ’98 and Dr. Dominic ValloneEmbassy SuitesAlbert E. FriedmanMr. and Mrs. Ricardo GarcíaElsa LaurelMr. and Mrs. Óscar M. Laurel, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Julio F. MadrigalElsa NicholsonLola O. ‘99 and Dr. James A. NorrisEmerita and Arn Ramírez ‘96, ‘99, ‘01, ‘06Dr. Bonnie A. RudolphSociety of Martha WashingtonMr. and Mrs. Frank M. Staggs, Sr.Sunbelt Air Conditioning and

Refrigeration Service, Inc.Miguel Ángel TreviñoTuesday Music and Literature ClubMr. and Mrs. Gene S. Walker, Sr.

Century Circle($100 + )

Dr. Patricia I. ‘85 and Juan M. Abrego ‘85Juan G. Alfaro ‘03Allegiant AirMr. and Mrs. William AlstonCristina N. ‘05 and Gerardo Alva ‘01Dr. and Mrs. Ronald AndersonAnonymousAramark CorporationJacqueline H. ArguindeguiAT&TDr. and Mrs. Rafic BachnakDr. and Mrs. Rex BallHilario BarreraMr. and Mrs. David L. BeckDoris L. ‘81 and Jim BellBilmar HomesDr. Deborah L. BlackwellDr. and Mrs. Manuel BroncanoCarmen L. BruniMr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Bruni, Jr.Buffalo Wild Wings

Pamela Caballero and Dr. Jaime S. OrtizMaría Eugenia Calderón ‘99, ‘01Dr. and Mrs. Dennis D. CantúMaría E. CarrollCecil Atkission FordMr. and Mrs. Russell CerdaImelda G. Chapa ‘02, ‘06Alberto Chávez, Jr. ‘01, ‘08Chick-fil-A MarketplaceElsa and Juan Cisneros, III ‘01Cathy M. ColungaSan Juana CossDr. and Mrs. Billy F. CowartTirza and John T. Cox ‘88Ángela E. ‘73 and Dr. Carlos E. Cuéllar ‘90Daniels Income Tax ServiceDeutsch & DeutschDissinger Insurance Services LLCMr. and Mrs. José O. Dodier, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Santiago GutiérrezMr. and Mrs. Gerardo Echavarría, Sr. María L. Elizondo ‘95, ‘10Dr. Neela A. EmanuelEmerald Coast Golf TrailEnterprise Rent-A-CarEyeview Investigations and Security

AgencyRobert M. FolsterForesight GolfFosters, Inc.Roger A. FournierPeggy and Kirk W. FrancisDr. Joanna FriesenDoris M. and James N. Gallagher, Jr. ‘79Agustín A. GámezJuan G. García, Jr. ‘05Becky GarcíaCassandra Wheeler and Leebrian E. GaskinsMr. and Mrs. Tom GatesOlga P. ‘90, ‘98 and Richard E. GentryJuan GilAmelia B. González ‘79Gina D. ‘99, ‘01 and Gilberto GonzálezDr. and Mrs. Humberto R. GonzálezJavier González, Jr. ‘01Verónica A. González and Héctor M. Chapa ‘97Dr. Cathy GuerraRosalva ‘84, ‘06 and Robert R. Guerra, Jr.Laura Gutiérrez-WittRita M. ‘97, ‘06 and Dr. Milton HaberAnna M. ‘93 and Robert HaynesLiza M. ‘04 and Dr. Roberto R. HerediaMargarita Hernández ‘98María E. ‘82 and Ramiro HernándezConchita and John F. HickeyHicks ChiropracticHoliday Inn Express & SuitesMarcella HollisDr. and Mrs. Ken HungHungry Howie’s PizzaInsurance QuotesIowa State Troopers Association

Inspiring Innovation

Research at Texas A&M

International University is

impacting our community and world.

Through far-ranging inquiries that

include evolution, public health, child

obesity and more, our researchers

are helping to improve knowledge

and quality of life here and beyond.

Their tireless research, involving

years of data collection and rigorous

observation, is yielding important

results. As TAMIU forges ahead, our

research commitment will continue

to inspire insight and innovation that

targets better lives for all.


Whether it is unlocking answers

to fundamental evolutionary

questionsor studying child

and youth obesity, taMiu researchers

are helping to enhance humanity’s quality of life. in this

picture: Oneida ibarra is a student pursuing a master’s in biology

and a recipient of the Lamar Bruni vergara

assistantship.

Conquering Heights

The Texas A&M University System, the Coordinating Board, and the State of Texas continue to look closely at four performance measures: growth, retention, graduation rates, and sponsored research. Record high enrollment figures make us proud. Retention rates increased from last year, graduation percentages show steady progress and sponsored research remains a top priority. Despite a cut in state appropriations, TAMIU was rated one of the best regional universities in the country by U.S. News and World Report. Regardless of the economic situation, the culture of giving remains strong.

Endowments

Philanthropic Giving:$7,393,034.92

State Appropriations: $91,482,712

Enrollment Governmental Grants and Cohorts

Number of Endowments

institutional support and Maintenance

Operations 21%

scholarships 14%

instruction and academic

support49%

student service and auxiliary

services 12%

research/Public service

14%

academic support and student services

5%

institutional support

41%

scholarships and Fellowships

51%

instructional support

2%

Public service and research

1%


Texas A&M International University gave a Texas-sized welcome to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Sen. Judith Zaffirini and Texas A&M University System Chancellor Michael McKinney as they visited the University in September to dedicate its new, $25 million University Success Center (USC).

The dignitaries joined TAMIU President Dr. Ray Keck in a special dedication ceremony, which also celebrated TAMIU’s enrollment growth over the last 15 years.

The USC, made possible by State funding initiated by Sen. Zaffirini in the 2006 Legislative Session and approved by Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, centralizes essential student services areas under one roof.

Juan Castillo, vice president for finance and

administration, left, meets with Richard Gentry, Physical Plant director, and Albert López, Physical Plant associate director, center, to discuss progress on the 1.6-mile road construction that will complete a loop surrounding the campus. This addition will offer the TAMIU community easier access to parking lots and various buildings.

Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, Sen. Zaffirini, Dignitaries Dedicate TAMIU’s USC

Loop Around Campus

Summer Weight Control Research Camp May Contribute to Reducing Obesity Issues in Laredo

Dr. Kyung-Shin Park, assistant professor of education, conducted an eight-week Weight Control Summer Camp at Texas A&M International University this summer for a study that may contribute to reducing obesity issues for children and youth in Laredo.

The Camp was designed to manage campers’ body weight, introduce a healthier lifestyle and eventually prevent obesity permanently. Among 26 campers aged 8 to 16 years, 21 students participated in data collection and followed a program that included martial arts, recreational activities, aerobics and strength training as well as lectures focusing on nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle.

It was found that an eight-week camp significantly reduced the percentage of body fat, waist and hip size. Additionally, it improved flexibility, muscle strength, and cardiovascular function, Dr. Park said.

“Previous studies reported that children gain most extra weight during summer break due to physical inactivity and an increase in food intake,” he explained.

“Results of this summer camp study may contribute to reducing obesity issues in Laredo,” Park said, “Blood samples collected will be analyzed to investigate changes in lipid profile, markers of obesity and pro-inflammatory cytokines. To see how long campers can maintain changes, a one-year follow-up data collection will be held in next year,“ he said.

Inspiring Innovation

Dr. Michael Kidd, assistant professor of biology, is answering one of the most fundamental evolutionary questions: How do females choose a mate? The cichlid fishes of Africa’s Great Lakes provide a prime opportunity to study this process. Dr. Kidd is studying how hormones alter gene expression, causing females to overwhelmingly


Dr. David Beck, assistant professor of microbiology, is bridging the gap between scientific research and public health by partnering with the Laredo Health Department to determine the prevalence of tick-borne diseases in Webb County. Amblyomma cajennense, Dr. Beck’s research focus, is the dominant tick in South Texas. It feeds aggressively on humans, he explained. A. cajennense is known to be a vector of numerous diseases. Very little is known about the disease prevalence of A. cajennense in the United States, but Dr. Beck’s research has already detected several bacteria species in tick samples collected over five years.

His research is supported by the University Research Development Award.

Pictured are Dr. David Beck (left) and three of his students that assist him with his research.

Molecular Basis of Mate Choice

choose to spawn with larger males. Dr. Kidd’s lab has also found that males increase sexual displays the day prior to spawning, suggesting the ability to detect female ovulation. His work will help to address important questions relating to vertebrate evolution and most importantly, to human health and well being.

Bridging the Gap Between Science and Public Health

Dr. Leonel Prieto, assistant professor of management, is currently conducting research on leadership and entrepreneurship to determine universal and contextual leadership behaviors in an international framework and the interplay between individual and contextual factors in entrepreneurial activity. In order to do so, he collects and analyzes data using multiple methodologies from the U.S., México, China and other countries. Dr. Prieto’s research will help train future leaders and students of leadership and also contribute towards a better understanding of leadership and entrepreneurship.

International Studies of Leadership and

Entrepreneurship

The Helen Richter Watson Art Gallery: A True Legacy

The late Laredo-born artist and educator Helen Richter Watson’s legacy and love for her community will be permanently celebrated through The Helen Richter Watson Art Gallery, a magnificent glass structure that will soon encase the two-story breezeway under Texas A&M International University’s Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library.

The Helen Richter Watson Art Gallery, which will showcase the late artist’s monumental ceramic work, is being constructed thanks to a generous gift of $1 million from the Dolly Richter Watson Foundation.

Pictured left to right are Foundation trustee James Jones; Dr. Ray Keck, TAMIU president; Julia Watson Jones, sister of Helen Richter Watson; and Foundation trustee Jonathan Watson.

Building Opportunities

Students approved a Student Center fee increase that will be used to expand the dining area in the Student Center. The new Dusty Diner and Food Court will grow to 17,200 square feet to accommodate more students at peak times.Campus Dining Expansion


Cultivating Leadership

Study abroad in Singapore.

Leadership seminars at

Harvard. Collaborative research

awards. Real-life business expositions.

Meeting the authors featured in the

“Reading the Globe” campus read.

These opportunities for Texas A&M

International University students

help all to explore community and

leadership in their field of study.

Students can participate and excel

in activities that provide life-altering

experiences focused on applying the

knowledge they’ve acquired. Working

closely with their professors on

campus and around the world, they

are better able to cultivate leadership

for a world eager for their engagement.

in 15 years, taMiu has seen a rapid expansion

of its north Laredo campus through five busy

construction phases.its latest addition:

the $25 million university success center. as taMiu

continues to experience record-breaking growth in

student enrollment every year, new buildings are

necessary to keep up with the number of students

that invest their future in the university.


Building Opportunities

Magnificent, state-of-the-

art facilities anchor every

corner and frame every walkway of

Texas A&M International University’s

campus. They stimulate faculty to

teach and conduct research, students

to learn and lead, staff to contribute

and encourage innovation. Campus

expansion is strongly linked to

exponential student enrollment growth

and impressive performance on state

measures that help secure vital State

funding. The campus’ growth will

continue to build opportunities for the

multiple communities TAMIU proudly

serves.

taMiu takes its mission to

prepare students for leadership roles

seriously and so do students.

From traveling in africa to presenting

award-winning papers, students balance learning

and fun while finding ways they can

contribute to the betterment of the

global community.


TAMIU’s Jorge Haynes Baseball Field Named After Beloved Laredo Leader, Coach

Texas A&M International University’s baseball program took a major step forward with the dedication of the Jorge Haynes Baseball Field May 1. The biggest crowd of the season attended to pay tribute to the late community leader and Laredo baseball coach Jorge Haynes. His family was invited to watch the Dustdevils end their 2010 campaign with a doubleheader against Heartland Conference rival St. Mary’s.

The Jorge Haynes Baseball Field provides bleacher seating for 600 fans with a contemporary press box. It is already considered one of the finest baseball facilities in the Heartland Conference.

Pictured are (left to right) Juvenal J. “J.J.” Haynes, Jorge Haynes, Roberto L. Haynes, Cynthia Haynes Ramírez, Chad Porter, TAMIU Men’s Baseball Coach, and Larry Haynes.

Texas A&M International University junior men’s soccer player Alejandro “Alex” De la Fuente has worked hard to meet the ideal definition of student-athlete. Besides being a key member of the TAMIU soccer team, De la Fuente’s dedication in the classroom has led to some exciting opportunities.

De la Fuente was one of six TAMIU students, and the only student-athlete, to participate in the Latino Leadership Initiative (LLI) at Harvard University this summer. The LLI

was hosted by the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Established to help develop the next generation of Latino leaders, the LLI offered classroom sessions, presentations from distinguished leaders and networking opportunities.

Pictured from left to right: Claudio Arias, TAMIU Men’s Soccer Coach and Alejandro De la Fuente.

TAMIU’s Student Athlete De la Fuente Excels in Academics, Athletics

Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) won second place at a SIFE National Exposition held in Minneapolis, Minn., where more than 160 teams nationwide gathered to compete in May.

TAMIU SIFE showcased seven projects the student organization focused on during the 2009-10 academic year and received second place for its “I-Transgreen” project in the “Sam’s Environmental Challenge” special topic competition, sponsored by Sam’s Club. The group won a trophy and a $4,000 cash prize.

Pictured left to right: Miguel Chávez, Holly Herrera, Jack Link from Jack Link’s Beef Jerky, Gerardo Castellanos and Dr. Andrés Rivas, assitant professor of Business and TAMIU SIFE sponsor.

TAMIU SIFE Wins Second Place in National Exposition

Dr. Marcus Ynalvez, assistant professor of sociology and Dr. Ruby Ynalvez, assistant professor of biology at Texas A&M International University, recently traveled to East Asia with TAMIU students to participate in a “Sociology of Science” survey funded by the National Science Foundation Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) this summer. The group included TAMIU political science, sociology and biology students and explored the cultural and geographical differences in transmission of tacit skills in East Asian Graduate Science Programs. Pictured, back row, left to right: Arturo González Jr. (TAMIU student), Dazzelyn Zapata (National University of Singapore student), Claudia Garza-Góngora (TAMIU student), and Cheryll Ruth Soriano (NUS student). Front row, left to right: Rachel Amtzis (NUS student), Susan Marie Aguilar (TAMIU student), Andrea D. Beattie (TAMIU student), Dr. Ruby Ynalvez, Catherine Candano (NUS student) and Dr. Marcus Ynalvez.

Research in East Asia

Cultivating Leadership


A key initiative that has contributed to the enriching first year experience of freshmen students at Texas A&M International University has been the “Reading the Globe” common read. All incoming freshmen read a book written by a contemporary author on an international topic.

The book is discussed in the students’ freshman seminar class and then the author visits TAMIU’s campus to speak to freshmen about his or her experiences. Students are invited to participate in an essay competition to vie for a chance to travel to the country in which the book is set. A total of 15 students is chosen for a life-altering opportunity to participate in an educational travel experience. Students thus far have traveled to Poland and Ghana, and in Spring 2011, 15 freshmen will be traveling to Cambodia, where this year’s selection, “The Road to Lost Innocence,” is set.

In June, a group of six Texas A&M International University students participated in a highly selective Latino leadership program organized by the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The Harvard Latino Leadership Initiative brings young Latino student leaders from across the country to Harvard University for an intensive, week-long leadership experience designed to develop the rising generation of Latino leaders.

TAMIU students who participated in the Initiative were (left to right): Alejandro De la Fuente, Cynthia De La Miyar, Andrea Beattie, José Ramón Lara, Jennifer González and Arlyn Martínez.

TAMIU Students Participate in The Harvard Latino

Leadership Initiative

Texas A&M International University students, ranging from doctoral to undergraduate, earned numerous awards and recognitions this year for their paper presentations in academic conferences.

Collins Okafor and Nacasius Ujah, both Ph.D. students in International Business, received awards for their paper presentation, titled, “Unleashing the Cracken: Does Internet Financial Reporting Matter in Africa?” at the Academic World International Conference 2010, in Nashville, Tenn., in May.

Also, 157 TAMIU students vied for academic honors and prizes at TAMIU’s Lamar Bruni Vergara and Guillermo Benavides Z. Academic Conference in April. Graduate Grand Prize winner of $500 was John Praska and Undergraduate Grand Prize winners of $300 were Christine Rojas, Kimberly Hill and Diana Carreón.

Pictured from left to right: Collins Okafor and Nacasius Ujah.

TAMIU Students Excel at Academic Conferences

Texas A&M International University’s Athletics Department was awarded a 2010 National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA)/Division II Community Engagement Award in recognition of its sponsorship of a Veterans Appreciation initiative that included a Veterans Appreciation breakfast and documentary film screening.

TAMIU Athletics first sponsored the Veterans Appreciation initiative in 2008 and is committed to continuing its sponsorship in the future. The initiative is intended to honor student veterans as well as community veterans for their military service to our nation.

Veterans Appreciation Initiative Garners TAMIU Athletics NACMA Engagement Award

A total of 48 Texas A&M International University student athletes earned 2009-10 NCAA Division II Heartland Conference Academic Honor Roll honors. Of that number, 34 have achieved Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognition and 14 have earned President’s Honor Roll honors.

Commissioner’s Honor Roll students (3.0 or higher cumulative GPA) were: Liza Acosta, Abdiel Amador, Linda Bañuelos, Luís Beltrán, Bernard Burrell, Luís Bracero, Robert Coronado Jr., Carlo Córdova, Alejandro De la Fuente, Courtney Dixon, Melissa Espino, Angel García, Alexis González, Antonio González, John González,

Enrique Granados, Ashley Hill, St. Paul Latham, Thomas López, Michael Mainhart, Cristina Martínez, Laura Martínez, Gary Matthews Jr., Michael McGillivray, Danny Navarro, David Pittman, Christian Salazar, Briana Sánchez, James Satillán, Sasha Scott, James Silvie, Mary Tobias, Gabriel Trejo and Johnna Williams.

President’s Honor Roll students (3.5 or higher cumulative GPA) were: Jonathan Becerra, Samanta Carrillo, Dimas Chacón, Chris Collazo, Zunny Escobar, Ricky Hernández, Julian Hierro, Christian Jones, Justin Lafitte, Angel Montejano, Hector Ramírez, Curtis Schell, Christina Tristán and Bianca Vidaurri.

TAMIU Student Athletes Balance Academics, Athletics, Earn Honor Rolls

Championing Sports


Exemplifying Excellence

Gifted Texas A&M International

University faculty members

inspire, engage, and challenge

students. Whether in the classroom,

conducting field research, or leading

studying abroad initiatives, TAMIU

professors help students nurture

their strengths to become citizens of

the global community. The faculty’s

dedication and leadership is regularly

recognized by “The Texas A&M

University System Teaching Excellence

Awards,” various faculty teaching and

research awards and the support of

Fulbright Scholars. A gifted and global

faculty energetically champions the

excellence of each and every TAMIU

student.

student-athletes at taMiu are dynamic,

giving and studious. they are second to

none when balancing academics and

athletics.What’s more,

the university and philanthropists support

their efforts with full force. Pictured here are baseball athletes at the newly dedicated Jorge Haynes Baseball Field.


Gifted professors from every college and school impart

valuable knowledge through a student-

oriented curriculum that promotes

excellence in learning, active participation

and global awareness. Pictured is

dr. thomas Mitchell, dean of the college

of arts and sciences and newly elected

president of the Nathaniel Hawthorne

society.

Championing Sports

The presence of 11 sports

programs at Texas A&M

International University provides

opportunities for student-athletes to

participate in NCAA Division II as full

members of the highly competitive

Heartland Conference. Student-

athletes compete on the field and in

the classroom through a well-balanced

program that champions “growth

opportunities through academic

achievement, learning in high-level

athletics competition and development

of societal attitudes in service to

community.” University student-

athletes are champions on and off

field.


This Fall, Dr. Trace Pirtle, associate professor of counselor education at Texas A&M International University and diplomate in logotherapy, led close to 500 participants in Logo Walk 2010. The 5-K walk at TAMIU was designed to bring awareness to the alarming rate of suicide in the United States and the world and to the fact that life has meaning under all circumstances, even unpleasant ones. Organized by TAMIU’s Master of Science in School Counseling Program, Logo Walk was held in observation of National Suicide Prevention Week and National Remembrance Day.

TAMIU Winners of The Texas A&M University System’s 2010 Teaching Excellence Awards

* Dr. José Martínez Samos, assistant professor, Department of Language and Literature

* Natalie Burkhalter, associate professor, Dr. F.M. Canseco School of Nursing

* Jessica Zamarripa, adjunct instructor, Department of Teacher Preparation

* Dr. Jennifer Coronado, assistant professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

* Dr. Ronald Anderson, associate professor, Department of Teacher Preparation

* Patricia Proa, adjunct instructor, Department of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics

* Dr. Jyotsna Mukherji, associate professor, Division of International Banking and Finance Studies

* Dr. Deborah Blackwell, associate professor, Department of Social Sciences

* Dr. Lynda Brown, assistant professor, Department of Language and Literature

* Dr. Jaclyn Jeffrey, associate professor, Department of Social Sciences

In July, a total of 10 TAMIU faculty members were announced winners of “The Texas A&M University System’s 2010 Teaching Excellence Awards.” The Awards were initiated by Chancellor Michael D. McKinney in 2008 to honor and financially reward the System’s top teachers as selected by students. TAMIU faculty winners were among 161 outstanding faculty winners throughout the System, awarded a combined total of $526,000. Greeting Dr. McKinney (second from right) and pictured from left to right are: Dr. José Martínez Samos, assistant professor, Department of Language and Literature; Dr. Jennifer Coronado, assistant professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction; Dr. Lynda Brown, assistant professor, Department of Language and Literature; Dr. Ronald Anderson, associate professor, Department of Teacher Preparation.

Teaching Excellence at TAMIU

Exemplifying Excellence

Leading 500 in ‘Logo Walk’

Ala’eddin Khaled AlqatananiDr. Rafic BachnakDr. Peter Haruna Caroline Benedetto

Exceptional faculty members have traveled from and are visiting Texas A&M International University as part of the Fulbright Scholar Program.

Traveling TAMIU faculty members were Dr. Peter Fuseini Haruna, associate professor of Public Administration and director of the Master of Public Administration program, and Dr. Rafic Bachnak, professor and chair of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics. Dr. Haruna is teaching at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration in Ghana, and Dr. Bachnak returned in July from teaching at Notre Dame University in Lebanon.

Faculty members visiting here are Ala’eddin Khaled Alqatanani from Jordan and Caroline Benedetto from France. Alqatanani is teaching Arabic and Benedetto, French.

Texas A&M International University announced Dr. Jaclyn Jeffrey, associate professor of anthropology as its “Teacher of the Year” during an exciting Freshman Convocation that packed its Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall this Fall. Also named were recipients of various TAMIU faculty awards including Faculty Scholar of the Year, Teacher of the Year and the Zaffirini Medal for Leaders.

TAMIU 2010 Faculty Awards Recipients

* Faculty Scholar of the Year - Dr. Ken Hung, chair and professor, A.R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business, Division of International Banking and Finance Studies

* Teacher of the Year – Dr. Jaclyn Jeffrey, associate professor, Department of Social Sciences

* Zaffirini Medal for Leaders – Dr. Jerry Thompson, Regents Professor, Department of Social Sciences

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TAMIU Ranks Among the Best

Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) made the short list of best regional universities in the country as ranked by the 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s highly anticipated and sometimes controver-sial college rankings.

TAMIU, along with West Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University Corpus Christi are the only Texas A&M University System schools to appear in the “Re-gional Universities – West (all schools).”

In the “Regional Public Universities – West” cat-egory, TAMIU was ranked No. 25 and 71 in the “Re-gional Universities – West (all schools).”

“Regional Public Universities – West” includes all the regional public universities in 15 states. “Regional Universities – West (all schools)” includes public and private universities.

Ala’eddin Khaled AlqatananiDr. Rafic BachnakDr. Peter Haruna Caroline Benedetto

Exceptional faculty members have traveled from and are visiting Texas A&M International University as part of the Fulbright Scholar Program.

Traveling TAMIU faculty members were Dr. Peter Fuseini Haruna, associate professor of Public Administration and director of the Master of Public Administration program, and Dr. Rafic Bachnak, professor and chair of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics. Dr. Haruna is teaching at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration in Ghana, and Dr. Bachnak returned in July from teaching at Notre Dame University in Lebanon.

Faculty members visiting here are Ala’eddin Khaled Alqatanani from Jordan and Caroline Benedetto from France. Alqatanani is teaching Arabic and Benedetto, French.

Texas A&M International University announced Dr. Jaclyn Jeffrey, associate professor of anthropology as its “Teacher of the Year” during an exciting Freshman Convocation that packed its Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall this Fall. Also named were recipients of various TAMIU faculty awards including Faculty Scholar of the Year, Teacher of the Year and the Zaffirini Medal for Leaders.

TAMIU 2010 Faculty Awards Recipients

* Faculty Scholar of the Year - Dr. Ken Hung, chair and professor, A.R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business, Division of International Banking and Finance Studies

* Teacher of the Year – Dr. Jaclyn Jeffrey, associate professor, Department of Social Sciences

* Zaffirini Medal for Leaders – Dr. Jerry Thompson, Regents Professor, Department of Social Sciences

TAMIU Ranks Among the Best

Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) made the short list of best regional universities in the country as ranked by the 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s highly anticipated and sometimes controver-sial college rankings.

TAMIU, along with West Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University Corpus Christi are the only Texas A&M University System schools to appear in the “Re-gional Universities – West (all schools).”

In the “Regional Public Universities – West” cat-egory, TAMIU was ranked No. 25 and 71 in the “Re-gional Universities – West (all schools).”

“Regional Public Universities – West” includes all the regional public universities in 15 states. “Regional Universities – West (all schools)” includes public and private universities.


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